This is a real ‘web’, just like a spider’s – a place of connections – ideas – information – of dreams!
Our aim is to make it a Web of Hubs for alternative and free cultural spaces and people
The idea is to provide a loose-knit, non-hierarchical, web-based resource network for a wide range of what we are calling ‘Free Cultural Spaces’ (FCS). They wouldn’t necessarily use that term to describe themselves, but we need a simple, non-threatening term!
Free parties. These developed out of rave and spread around the globe.
Here are a couple of links.
The first is to the site about UK parties 1990-94, which includes some rarely seen footage of Castlemorton Common. Lots of old news coverage, plus links to sites featuring particular sound systems such as DiY, Circus Warp, Bedlam, Circus Normal and the Spirals.
And a second link to the Malfaiteurs site on Facebook.
This group describes itself as:
“The [freespace] movement is an experiment in what is possible when a community shares the gift of physical space. A [freespace] is a gathering place for people to come together, to create, teach, learn, and share the things which they are truly passionate about, and strengthen connections between individuals as well as communities through art, events, and long term projects.
[freespace] began in June 2013, inspired by the National Day of Civic Hacking, when a building was gifted to the community for just $1. The radically low barrier to entry and open door policy lead to a hugely diverse range of people from different cultural, economic, and professional backgrounds connecting and creating projects together such as a free bike share, maker classes for people in homeless shelters, and a community garden.
To date, [freespace] has hosted over 300 free events, seen more than 30 murals, fostered 4 long-term projects within San Francisco, and instigated an immeasurable amount of inspiration, collaboration, and solidarity within the communities it has touched.
[freespace] is now a global movement. Currently there are [freespaces] developing in 26 locations and 18 different countries around the world.”
A fairly oddball Facebook group, but with some interesting links. I’m sure we’ve heard the one about the truth being out there, somewhere…..
The Free Tibet Campaign keeps the world informed on what is going on inside Tibet. And mobilises support for the Free Tibet campaign around the globe.
Tibet has been occupied by China since 1950 and the 14th Dalai Lama since 1959, has been forced to live in exile in India working with a Tibet Government in Exile. The head of the Tibetan Buddhism, which used to be based in Lhasa, he has expressed no hatred towards the Chinese and sought to work for Tibetan autonomy, showing genuine compassion, integrity and kindness. He is the epitomy of non-violence, following on from the teachings of Gandhi.
It is believed that the Chinese government plans to put a ‘puppet’ Dalai Lama in his Holy Holiness’s place when he dies.
There are many campaigns and organisations fighting for a move towards a free Tibet in some form.
Links to the official Dalai Lama site and the UK-based Free Tibet campaign.
Free to Learn is an influential documentary that offers an insight into the daily life at The Free School in Albany, New York.
The Free School expects children to decide on how they spend their time in schooling.
The Free School is unique in that it transcends obstacles that prevent similar schools from reaching an economically and racially diverse range of students and operates in the heart of a city.
One of the world’s oddest, most eccentric squats. This link takes you back to Notting Hill in London in 1977. If you ever saw the Ealing comedy, ‘Passport to Pimlico’, this is the hippy version!
Artist, eco-architect and playful eccentric from Vienna. Visionary thinker as well as pioneering environmental-artist. He re-invented himself a number of times during his lifetime. His art statements/proclamations about life are particularly powerful in his ‘5-skins’ model. Worth checking out if you enjoy visual art that reflects the environment. A world of art without straight lines! His Hundertwasser house in Vienna is spectacular. He died in 2000.
Links to the official site about his life and a video of him talking about his dreamscapes.
UK Web Archive through the British Library for Friends, Families and Travellers info.
Friends of the Earth International is their hub to global campaigns on environmental and social issues.
A portal site that encourages a ‘warrior response’ to global catastrophes. Developed from the work of Max Igan, who started formulating the idea of The Full Circle Project in 2012. The site tells us that, “he was particularly concerned to draw attention to the plight of the Amazon forest and all the natural treasures it contains. He wanted to call people everywhere to come together and recognise the power we had as One People to change the tide of destruction and the rape of our planet.”